The Image Makers Workshop’s field trip held this past Sunday at the Queen Liliuokalani Botanical Gardens gave participants a hands-on opportunity to learn how to create memorable outdoor portraits. The Nishikis, Scott, Cheryl and their daughter Sierra, participated as models for the event.
Instructor Terry Takaki reviewed some of the techniques and esthetics for outdoor portraits which the participants could immediately apply. Tips included adjusting aperture settings to produce out of focus backgrounds, the effect of focal length on subjects, proper exposure and posing.
Participants were even given the opportunity to try their hands at shooting with a macro lens.
HMAUS members who participated in the workshop were Terrence Young, Joan Matsukawa, Gregg Kamei, Elizabeth Hammond, Lisa Oi and Junie Hayashi.
After the morning workshop participants stopped at Zippy’s on Vineyard Boulevard for lunch, sharing ideas and viewing the event images.
Joan Matsukawa brought the Nishikis to serve as the models for the workshop. They will be given the best images of the lot. Cheryl is Joan’s niece.
Selected images from the workshop can be seen at the HMAUS Flickr home page at: http://flickr.com/hmaus
The Image Makers Workshop is an HMAUS workshop for those interested in graphic design, video, image creation, photography and visual expression. Learn more about the workshop here.
